10 politicians threatened with contempt

Attorney General Eric Holder faced contempt charges for refusing to comply with a subpoena from congressional Republicans seeking documents related to the failed "Fast and Furious" gun-walking operation. Here are 10 other instances in which politicians threatened or carried out contempt proceedings.

Michael Mukasey

Holder's predecessor as attorney general was threatened with contempt in 2008 by California Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman, then the chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform, who wanted documents related to Vice President Dick Cheney's interview with the FBI about the leak of CIA agent Valerie Plame's identity. Mukasey invoked executive privilege.